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Russian soldiers lay a railway track in Sukhumi, the capital ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:16:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - Russian soldiers lay a railway track in Sukhumi, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia in June. Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia has ordered a "general mobilisation" of its forces and threatened to use heavy weapons against Georgian forces after three people were killed in intense shelling.(AFP/File/Kazbek Basayev)

Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ...

(AFP Graphic) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:03:31 GMT

(AFP Graphic) - Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. A bomb has exploded near a Russian peacekeeping post on the border between Georgia and its rebel Abkhazia region.(AFP Graphic/Anibal Maiz)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smiles before the start of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:06:34 GMT

(AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smiles before the start of EU-Russia talks in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk. EU leaders are in Siberia for their first major summit with Medvedev in talks expected to touch on energy and unrest in ex-Soviet Georgia. Medvedev says Russia is committed to the non-violent resolution of long-running conflicts on its borders.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

A Georgian boy rides a horse underneath a poster of President ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:50:47 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Georgian boy rides a horse underneath a poster of President Mikheil Saakashvili near the security outpost in the remote Kodori Gorge on in May. Georgia has made an offer to Russia by which the two would divide Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region into zones of influence while Georgia would renounce its NATO goals, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with the ...

(AFP/RIA Novosti/Pool) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:50:47 GMT

(AFP/RIA Novosti/Pool) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with the president of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, Sergei Bagapsh, at the presidential residence outside Moscow in Gorki on June 26. Georgia has made an offer to Russia by which the two would divide Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region into zones of influence while Georgia would renounce its NATO goals, a Russian newspaper reported.(AFP/RIA Novosti/Pool/Mikhail Klimentyev)

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (R) speaks with Russian ...

(AFP/POOL) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:46:09 GMT

(AFP/POOL) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (R) speaks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev prior to a dinner in a restaurant outside the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk. EU leaders were in Siberia on Friday for their first major summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in talks expected to touch on energy and unrest in ex-Soviet Georgia.(AFP/POOL/Dmitry Astakhov)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a bas-relief design ...

(AFP/POOL) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:47:05 GMT

(AFP/POOL) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a bas-relief design near the "Pyramid" building prior to a dinner outside the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk. EU leaders on Thursday began their first major summit with Medvedev, holding talks in Siberia expected to touch on energy and unrest in ex-Soviet Georgia.(AFP/POOL/Dmitry Astakhov)

From L: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Slovenian Prime ...

(AFP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:47:05 GMT

(AFP) - From L: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa as EU president, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso pose for a photo outside Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk. EU leaders on Thursday began their first major summit with Medvedev, holding talks in Siberia expected to touch on energy and unrest in ex-Soviet Georgia.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

Abkhazian soldiers perform military exercises in May 2008. Georgian ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - Abkhazian soldiers perform military exercises in May 2008. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Russian intervention in Abkhazia must be stopped or the sovereignty of other former Soviet states will be at risk.(AFP/File/Genia Savilov)

Georgians protest outside the Russian embassy in Tbilisi. Georgian ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - Georgians protest outside the Russian embassy in Tbilisi. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Russian intervention in Abkhazia must be stopped or the sovereignty of other former Soviet states will be at risk.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)

Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ...

(AFP Graphic) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:25 GMT

(AFP Graphic) - Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Russian intervention in Abkhazia must be stopped or the sovereignty of other former Soviet states will be at risk.(AFP Graphic/Anibal Maiz)

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said that Russian ...

(AFP/DDP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:25 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said that Russian intervention in Abkhazia must be stopped or the sovereignty of other former Soviet states will be at risk.(AFP/DDP/Axel Schmidt)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks with the leader ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:17:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks with the leader of Georgia's breakaway region Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, during a meeting at the Gorky residence outside Moscow June 26, 2008. Germany is concerned about Georgia's dispute with Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, adding she would ensure it was raised at an EU-Russia summit this week. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool (RUSSIA)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks with the leader ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:15:26 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:12:54 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with the leader of Georgia's breakaway region Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, during a meeting at the Gorky residence outside Moscow June 26, 2008. Germany is concerned about Georgia's dispute with Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, adding she would ensure it was raised at an EU-Russia summit this week. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool (RUSSIA)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes hands with Sergei ...

(AP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:02:20 GMT

(AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes hands with Sergei Bagapsh, separatist President of Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, during a meeting in the Gorki presidential residence. outside Moscow on Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service )

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks with Sergei ...

(AP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:01:50 GMT

(AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks with Sergei Bagapsh, separatist President of Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, during a meeting in the Gorki presidential residence. outside Moscow on Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service )

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses a press conference ...

(AFP/DDP) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:35:07 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin. Merkel said Wednesday Berlin shares Georgia's concern about Russia's actions in the breakaway region of Abkhazia where tensions between the two ex-Soviet states have soared.(AFP/DDP/Axel Schmidt)

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) and German Chancellor ...

(AFP/DDP) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:35:07 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin. Merkel said Wednesday Berlin shares Georgia's concern about Russia's actions in the breakaway region of Abkhazia where tensions between the two ex-Soviet states have soared.(AFP/DDP/Axel Schmidt)

Russian railway troops repair a railroad outside Sukhumi in ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:35:52 GMT

(AP) - Russian railway troops repair a railroad outside Sukhumi in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Georgia strongly protested against Russia sending troops to repair a railroad linking Russia with a breakaway Georgian border region. (AP Photo)

Russian railway troops repair a railroad outside Sukhumi in ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:34:56 GMT

A man driving a horse-drawn cart passes a checkpoint manned ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:32:32 GMT

(Reuters) - A man driving a horse-drawn cart passes a checkpoint manned by Russian peacekeepers at the Enguri river on the border of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia in this May 1, 2008 file picture. The pretty spot where Russia will host the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics is on the Black Sea, framed by the Caucasus mountains. It is also just a 15-minute drive from a potential war zone. Winning the right to host the games in its southern city of Sochi was a matter of intense national pride for Russia, but the event risks being blighted by a dispute over Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia uncomfortably close to Sochi. (David Mdzinarishvili/Files/Reuters)

Men play backgammon near the port in Sukhumi, the capital of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:12:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Men play backgammon near the port in Sukhumi, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, in this June 24, 2006 file photo. The pretty spot where Russia will host the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics is on the Black Sea, framed by the Caucasus mountains. It is also just a 15-minute drive from a potential war zone. Winning the right to host the games in its southern city of Sochi was a matter of intense national pride for Russia, but the event risks being blighted by a dispute over Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia uncomfortably close to Sochi. To match feature GEORGIA-RUSSIA/OLYMPICS REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Files (GEORGIA)

Abkhazian soldiers perform military exercises in May 2008. Russia ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:13:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Abkhazian soldiers perform military exercises in May 2008. Russia has threatened to use force if its peacekeepers in Abkhazia are again detained by Georgia, prompting a swift retort from Tbilisi that those troops must abide strictly by the law.(AFP/File/Genia Savilov)

Footage taken by a drone that Georgia claims was shot down by ...

(Georgian Interior Ministry) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:13:06 GMT

(Georgian Interior Ministry) - Footage taken by a drone that Georgia claims was shot down by a Russian plane on April 20. Russia has threatened to use force if its peacekeepers in Abkhazia are again detained by Georgia, prompting a swift retort from Tbilisi that those troops must abide strictly by the law.(Georgian Interior Ministry/Ho)

Georgians protest outside the Russian embassy in Tbilisi. Russia ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:13:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Georgians protest outside the Russian embassy in Tbilisi. Russia has threatened to use force if its peacekeepers in Abkhazia are again detained by Georgia, prompting a swift retort from Tbilisi that those troops must abide strictly by the law.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)

Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ...

(AFP Graphic) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:13:06 GMT

(AFP Graphic) - Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russia has threatened to use force if its peacekeepers in Abkhazia are again detained by Georgia, prompting a swift retort from Tbilisi that those troops must abide strictly by the law.(AFP Graphic/Anibal Maiz)

Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ...

(AFP Graphic) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:27:10 GMT

(AFP Graphic) - Map showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. A top Russian general has warned that Georgia risks bloodshed if it continues to interfere with Russian peacekeepers patrolling Abkhazia.(AFP Graphic/Anibal Maiz)

Russian peacekeepers take pictures of reporters at a checkpoint ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:33:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian peacekeepers take pictures of reporters at a checkpoint at the Enguri river on Georgia's border with its breakaway region of Abkhazia June 6, 2008. (Levan Gabechava/Reuters)

General Lieutenant Alexander Burutin, first deputy of the military ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:29:39 GMT

(Reuters) - General Lieutenant Alexander Burutin, first deputy of the military general staff, speaks during a news briefing in Moscow June 19, 2008. Russia said on Thursday it might have to use force against Georgia if Russian peacekeepers were attacjed again in its southern neighbour. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (RUSSIA)

General Lieutenant Alexander Burutin, first deputy of the military ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:24:53 GMT

A grave at the cemetery where German scientists and their family ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:33:18 GMT

(Reuters) - A grave at the cemetery where German scientists and their family members were buried while working after World War Two at a nuclear laboratory in seen in Sukhumi in this picture taken May 15, 2008. Behind a thicket of weeds and broken window panes, one of the former Soviet Union's dark secrets is the laboratory where captured German scientists worked to build an atomic bomb for Josef Stalin. Picture taken May 15, 2008. TO MATCH THE FEATURE STORY GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA/INSTITUTE REUTERS/Konstantin Basov (GEORGIA)

Georgian police in camouflage guard a police outpost building ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:25:21 GMT

(AFP) - Georgian police in camouflage guard a police outpost building in the remote Kodori Gorge on May 14. Georgia will not release missiles seized from Russian peacekeepers before completion of an investigation into how they were brought onto Georgian territory, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.(AFP/Vano Shlamov)